Driven by a steady upward trend, Bangladesh’s inward remittances grew by 18.1 percent year-on-year, reaching an impressive US$34.84 billion in the current fiscal year FY 2025-26 up to June 21, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank.

During the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year (July 2024 to June 21, 2025), the country’s migrant workers sent home $29.50 billion.

The central bank’s latest daily breakdown shows that expatriate Bangladeshis sent $130 million on June 21 alone. This brought the cumulative remittance receipts for the first 21 days of June 2026 to $2.08 billion. It also suggests with 9 days left, the country's inward remittances for the year may even touch $36 billion - implying average inflows of $3 billion per month.

This represents a 4.7 percent monthly growth compared to the same period in June 2025, when remittance inflows stood at $1.99 billion between June 1 and June 21.

Industry insiders attribute this sustained growth to a higher number of workers heading abroad and the effective utilization of official, legal banking channels for money transfers.

Foreign Exchange Reserves:

Alongside the robust remittance numbers, Bangladesh Bank also released its latest foreign exchange reserve figures.

As of June 22, 2026, the country's gross foreign exchange reserves stood at $35.74 billion.

Meanwhile, calculated under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual 6 (BPM6) framework, the official usable reserves stood at $31.18 billion, providing a stable cushion for the country's import liabilities and macroeconomic management.